Is This Here What Jesus Would Do?

Three of Carolina's finest songwriters - Jon Lindsay, BJ Barham (of American Aquarium), and Caitlin Cary (of Whiskeytown)- team up on Lindsay's powerful pop-protest ballad, penned directly to the Governor of NC in opposition to the regressive policies of the current GOP supermajority in the State Legislature. 

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*Words and Music by Jon Lindsay
*Recorded and Mixed by John Plymale at Overdub Lane, Durham, NC
*Produced by Jon Lindsay
*Lead vocals by Jon Lindsay, BJ Barham, Caitlin Cary
*Drums by Kevin McClain
*Cello by Kaitlin Grady
*Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Hammond B3 Organ, Piano, Tambourine by Jon Lindsay
*Distributed by Redeye
*Copyright 2014, all rights reserved 

LYRICS 

you are on the wrong side of history, like Wallace back in '63
so you'll go down eventually, to folks like King and Kennedy  
I vote you are an absentee from human kindness, decency: 
the hitman for the GOP, who seek sanction liberty 
oh my dear mr. mccrory 

when you were a young man did you wanna be 
the person here before us today?
might as well be down at the school house, blockin’ the way
was it part of your plan for to come and worsen
the people’s plight day after day?
the poster child champion for the voices of hate?

a state school ID’s still a state ID, just be a man don’t lie to me
if you feel that minorities do not deserve equality 
you are on the wrong side of history, and books in every library will see it just the same as me, yeah, this will be your legacy 
oh my dear mr. mccrory

when you were a young man did you wanna be 
this person here before us today?
might as well be down at the school house, blockin’ the way



Dear Mr. McCrory - Jon Lindsay featuring American Aquarium and Caitlin Cary

The NC Music Love Army was sparked when, late in June of 2013, Old Ceremony frontman Django Haskins posted a video of "We Are Not For Sale," a straight ahead, sing-along protest song in direct reaction to countless pieces of immoral legislation being handed down by the Republican-led legislature of North Carolina. Inspired by Django's song, Charlotte-based solo artist and producer Jon Lindsay quickly penned, recorded and posted one of his own, "NC GOP You Don't Know Me." That same night, songwriter Caitlin Cary, agitated and inspired upon her return from that night's Moral Monday rally in Raleigh, saw her friend Jon's video. She placed a call to Jon, and within hours they had set in motion the plan for what would become the NC Music Love Army.  What followed were choruses of "yes," bridges of "how can I help?" and a songbook's-worth of support and contributions from musicians and their fans from around the state. In the span of only a few weeks, the Love Army had become a full-on juggernaut collective of fired up Carolina music luminaries ready for action. 

"We Are Not For Sale: Songs of Protest" was released on vinyl, CD & for download on November 26, 2013 (via RedEye Distribution), just under a year before the statewide elections we believe can change the course of history in North Carolina. 

Since the debut LP, the NCMLA has been featured on MSNBC and other national networks, performed for audiences upwards of 30,000 people, released 9 offerings in just over two years, and worked in the trenches with the leaders of the "Forward Together", "Moral Monday" and "HKonJ" Movements. 

2015 will bring even more music, live shows and the group's most ambitious activist efforts to date. 

Visit www.ncmusiclovearmy.org 

Is This Here What Jesus Would Do?

Love Army Records

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